Adventures in Time and Place

Adventures in Time and Place
Grade 6: World
Infographic #10: Native North Americans
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1. Life wasn’t all work and no play for Native North Americans. Check out the toy and musical instrument artifacts at Stones Unturned.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/stones/engfrm.htm

Click Toys and read the introduction.
Scroll down and click Dolls and Accessories.
Click the name of a Native American group. Look at the toy; then click the Back arrow.
Look at four or five more dolls and accessories.
To explore more, click Main and then Musical Instruments.
Read the page and then click one instrument from each category.

Online Activity: Then and Now
Read about Native American toys and musical instruments. Fill in the blanks to complete the following story.

Were you surprised by the similarities and differences between games played by the early people of North America and games played today? I was! The Native Americans played a form of hockey called but it was played mainly by women! An outdoor game played by men in eastern groups was which is played by both men and women today. Native American ring and games are like the games of horseshoes and ring toss that are played today. Children didn’t use doll carriages. Instead, dolls were put in just as if they were real babies! Instead of baby booties, the dolls wore made from animal skins on their feet. Just like today, some toys were miniature that helped children learn important construction skills.

Musical instruments were used in daily events, special occasions, rituals, and Dances were accompanied by singing and instruments such as drums. Musical instruments, like the toys, were made from natural resources found in the environment.

2. Artifacts show that the Pueblo Indians of the Southwestern United States have long been making their distinctive style of pottery. View some of these works of art at Pueblo Pottery Gallery.
http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/pottery/gallery.htm

Click browse thumbnails of the entire collection.
Enlarge the first piece of pottery by clicking.
Where was it made? Who made it? What was its purpose?
Click Next to see and read about another piece of pottery.
Continue to click Next until you read about the Zia water jar.

Offline Activity: Pueblo Pottery Art Exhibit
Select a piece of Pueblo pottery from the Web site. Draw and carefully color the piece, paying special attention to details such as shape, pattern, and size. On an index card, make a label telling where the pottery came from, when it was made, and how it was used.